The first of two encounters in the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Malmö FF will try to edge HJK in their own ballpark.
It's no vacation for neither Malmö FF nor HJK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It should be mentioned that HJK play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for HJK on grass are 14 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-29. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams have little in common geographically as HJK have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Riga. Last season, Malmö's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.5-1-0 is the performance here at Eleda Stadion so far in the Allsvenskan, giving Malmö FF a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Malmö tasted defeat here at Eleda Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 25 home games in the league.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Johan Dahlin not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.
Malmö enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Degerfors's place. The match ended 5-0 with Antonio Čolak, Veljko Birmančević (2), Anders Christiansen and Adi Nalić scoring. Midfielder Anders Christiansen was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.43 (out of ten) in that game. Christiansen scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Malmö played a great game against Degerfors and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
1-1 away at Riga before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Malmö as they are travelling to their away game against Mjallby in the Allsvenskan. That match is two days after this one.
Malmö are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). On the other hand, Malmö have conceded 7 goals.
HJK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Buducnost in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. HJK's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Veikkausliiga.
Two away games in a row for HJK, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Oulu in the Veikkausliiga.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Buducnost.A new game in only three days for HJK, the Veikkausliiga home match versus Haka. Busy days.
HJK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). HJK are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 7 goals |  V. Birmančević 5 goals |  S. Krukow Rieks 4 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
HJK missing players
| Malmö FF | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 60 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.2 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | AIK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Degerfors | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Häcken | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Sirius | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Halmstad | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Mjallby | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Varberg | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Örebro | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | KuPS | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Lahti | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | SJK | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Ilves | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | HIFK | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Honka | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Haka | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Oulu | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | KTP | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
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